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Charles K Bergman's avatar

This as among your very best, Andi - thank you.

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Andi Penner's avatar

Thank you, Charlie. Poems are like cats, I guess. They have nine lives.

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Michele M Potter's avatar

Andi, I loved this! Thanks for helping me transition into my next season, and incarnation.

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Andi Penner's avatar

Because I now live where there is a crabapple tree in the front yard, I collect the best fallen apples and arrange them in on the wall, in the rock garden, or in Buddha's open hands and lap--and when I do, Michele, it's in honor of you and "the Zuni Street Ashram." With such low humidity here, instead of rotting, many apples dry into perfect little apple sculptures.

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Billy Brown's avatar

Lovely poem Andi .. thanks so much for helping me begin my October day with thoughts of Fall Love. I am reminded of how each Fall, when I was in college, and now as a college teacher, I cherish the freshness of each Fall day on campus, seeing all those shining faces of young students (and a few older ones) anxious to learn and looking for intimacy among their newly found friends. And I remember moments of exciting new relationships from my own Freshman/Sophomore years ... both the new academic ideas/challenges and the long walks through piles of bright, colorful Michigan leaves! Many blessings to you and yours, Billy

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Andi Penner's avatar

Great images, Billy. I also have a "fall" poem about my early college experience. Not so much the shining faces, but the "summer is definitely over and midterms are around the corner" moment!

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